RE: Programming Diary #34: Your post now has a permanent payout window
I like it and there's plenty to think about in there.
As somebody who curates manually, and also likes your idea, what would the best way of supporting this be? Presumably in my case, I'm best to keep my STEEM Power, rather than delegate it to you? Although without a decent SP base, can thoth have a big enough impact?
Given that there are already people highlighting "active" content, should thoth focus on content that isn't active and has already paid out? This will make it unique on Steemit and therefore more attractive. In my opinion, this would also help to focus people on leaving something worth leaving, rather than something that is irrelevant as soon as the "POST" button is pressed. And should also improve the quality of what Thoth highlights.
Test examples of the Thoth output can be seen here for active posts and here for historical posts.
In my opinion, the posts selected don't highlight the best of Steem in the past or at present so I think the selection algorithm will need some adjustment. Proof of Concept though and in my opinion, it's looking good.
I'd also think about attention span. I'm not lazy but I'm "Time Poor". So it's too text heavy for my liking. I wonder if the "Target Audience" is necessary for each post? Perhaps a general theme for each grouping would suffice? Generally speaking, I'll read the post title and think "'Crafting the Murderers of Tomorrow, TODAY!'" - that sounds interesting (click bait at its finest - it wasn't) and "'How $PUSS Could Change Digital Identity In The Metaverse'" sounds like one of the Nigerian Crypto Experts that I caught plagiarising has moved on to AI content creation about subjects he knows little about.
In the case of the "Active" version, the presence of this single author would stop me from supporting the post - and therefore the other authors. (Although the ChatGPT post will get read once I finish replying to you.)
I also wonder if Thoth could self-learn by analysing the success of each post it produces? Not being biased towards particular authors (presumably highlighting an author would encourage them to vote) but based upon the content / tags that are used. It might learn that #gaming attracts more readers whereas #thediarygame doesn't - eventually leading to a weighted bias in content curated. You could even introduce some bias now based upon your own opinions of the /tags page.
Final thought - It's a shame that @thoth went to some pointless account 9 years ago.